Congratulations to our XBox One and Dell Venue Pro 8 Winners
If you've been following our Blog, LinkedIn or our Twitter posts, you'll know by now that we've been running a number of competitions to win some quality devices over the...

On behalf of the entire Microsoft Ireland Partner Team - we're genuinely delighted to see 4 local Partners recognised globally in this year's WPC Awards!
You can see the full list of Worldwide winners and finalists at aka.ms/wpc14winners ,...

More Chances to Win!
Hopefully you're already aware of the prize draw we're running at http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_partner_network_ireland/archive/2014/04/11/enter-to-win-an-xbox-one-or-a-dell-venue-8-pro.aspx
From today,...

Register today for Belfast and Dublin Windows Azure Events with MicroWarehouse and Microsoft
Microsoft’s public cloud, Windows Azure, provides a hugely scalable hosting platform that allows you to deploy infrastructure and services within minutes...

Fancy winning an XBox One with a 12-month XBox Live Subscription or a Dell Venue 8 Pro Device?
We have two XBox Ones and two Dell Venue 8 Pro Devices to give away between now and 1st June (4 lucky winners in total!)
To be in with a chance of winning...

Don't forget - today is the final day to submit your organisation for consideration in one of our Partner Award Categories this year.
All details available in our previous Blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_partner_network_ireland...

Do you think you should be one of our Microsoft Ireland Partners of the Year? Or do you think you could even be one of Microsoft's Global Partners of the Year??
If so, this week is your final chance to nominate your organisation for both with just...

Ever find yourself reading the Newsletter and wish you could just ask SOMEONE what was relevant to you? Ever find out about a promo/offer/training just as it's about to end and wish you'd know sooner? Ever wonder what we ACTUALLY think as a local...

A quick note to simply wish our Irish Partner Community a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We want to thank you for your support this year and look forward to working with you again throughout 2014.
In the spirit of Christmas, we've...

Up until March 31st, Office 365 customers can get a 40% discount on Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online licenses - http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/offers/CRME.aspx If you don't already have CRM as part of your practice, make sure you've qualified what opportunities...

If you haven't seen it through our Partner or SMB LinkedIn Groups already, be aware that the #GetItDoneIrl initiative is live today in market. You can check out the buzz and audience through the Hashtag on Twitter or find out more information on the campaign...

If you haven't registered yet for TechCamp next Thursday 28th November, make sure you don't miss some fantastic MVP speakers share their views on Windows Server and System Center.
Agenda below and you can register at http://techcamp2013.wordpress...

The SQL Server Ireland User Group are holding a half-day technical conference on the 29th November. Three speakers, who are international specialists based around the world, will be travelling to Ireland to deliver sessions on their areas of specialisation...

I'm not going to claim to have found this - it was a great catch by Sean O'Farell ( @ seannyof) that I saw via his Twitter account!
While it's only one of many, many scenarios for the Windows Azure platform (and hopefully hose who attended our breakout...

If you made it to our Partner events last week you've probably already got a direct invitation from us to join the group.
If not, and you're a Microsoft Partner in Ireland who uses LinkedIn, you may be interested to know that we've started a group...

A while ago, I wrote a Blog post on Practice Accelerators, what they are and why anyone should care ( http://aka.ms/PAs ).
These offerings have recently been updated and you can see what's available at https://mspartner.microsoft.com/en/ie/pages/training...

With Microsoft's transformation from a product-led company to one focused on devices and services, here's a great article giving a local context where Cathriona Hallahan, Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland, talks to Owen McQuade of Agenda NI. Definitely...

If you haven't seen it, we think this slidedeck by Longboard Asset Management on the perception vs. reality of Microsoft's market value is pretty thought-provoking! Let us know what you think...
http://www.businessinsider.com/longboard-microsoft...

We know we've been more than quiet over the past few months but we've now locked dates for a series of 3 events in Belfast, Dublin and Cork at the start of November.
We're hoping to have registration pages available by the end of the week (and we...

Earlier this evening, at our annual Irish Partner Awards dinner at Worldwide Partner Conference, we were extremely proud to announce the winners of our Partner of the Year awards.
Congratulations to each of the winning Partners below for great work...